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In court documents filed Tuesday, members of the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association said Seabrook should not have his legal bills paid for by the union unless he is vindicated at his upcoming bribery trial.

Tuesdays letter, which was filed as part of a civil suit by member over the lost $20 million, requested that a Manhattan federal judge put a stop to any payments by the union toward Seabrook’s legal defense. The letter also requested that the judge order Seabrook to reimburse the union for any of union money he may have spent thus far.

“Seabrook’s financial position will not permit him to reimburse COBA in the event he is not exonerated,” said the letter by lawyers Jeff Norton and Phil Seelig.